Russian trade with Lithuania in the 1st quarter of 2016

by Russian Foreign Trade
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia

The Report on Russia's foreign trade in goods with Lithuania in the first quarter of 2016: exports, imports, products, dynamics.

Russia's Trade with Lithuania

In the 1st quarter of 2016, Russia's trade with Lithuania was $650,539,834, down 32.04% ($306,658,398) from the 1st quarter of 2015.

Russia's exports to Lithuania in the 1st quarter of 2016 were $567,856,198, down 33.45% ($285,375,926) from the 1st quarter of 2015.

Russia's imports from Lithuania in the 1st quarter of 2016 were $82,683,636, down 20.47% ($21,282,472) from the 1st quarter of 2015.

Russia's trade surplus with Lithuania in the 1st quarter of 2016 was $485,172,562, a 35.25% decrease ($264,093,454) over the 1st quarter of 2015.

Lithuania was Russia's 29th largest trading partner in the 1st quarter of 2016 (just as in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.6686% of Russia's total trade (down from 0.7235% in the 1st quarter of 2015).

Lithuania was Russia's 23rd largest export market in the 1st quarter of 2016 (down from 22nd in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.9253% of Russia's total exports (down from 0.9452% in the 1st quarter of 2015).

Lithuania was Russia's 54th largest supplier in the 1st quarter of 2016 (down from 52nd in the 1st quarter of 2015), accounting for 0.2301% of Russia's total imports (down from 0.2474% in the 1st quarter of 2015).

Russia's Exports to Lithuania

The major share of Russian exports to Lithuania in the 1st quarter of 2016 (and in the 1st quarter of 2015) was accounted for the following product types:

Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 47.85% of Russia's total exports to Lithuania (73.06% in the 1st quarter of 2015);

Chemical products (HS codes 28-40) - 14.78% of Russia's total exports to Lithuania (12.29% in the 1st quarter of 2015);

Metals and products from them (HS codes 72-83) - 6.17% of Russia's total exports to Lithuania (3.14% in the 1st quarter of 2015);

Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 85) - a decrease of $3,649,463;